He said he hopes to file the new application next week with the signatures of about a thousand asylum seekers detained on Manus Island.

"One of our guys is already there and we just sent another guy from Sydney going in this morning."

"Otherwise I will go in myself and get everybody done, but I have already notified all of the asylum seekers. They're disappointed with the decision, but they know that eventually justice will prevail."

The Supreme Court is unlikely to hear the new application until next year Mr Lomai said.